John L'Heureux

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  • Bibliography:
    15 Books
  • First Book:
    August 1974
  • Latest Book:
    August 2020
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Book List in Order: 15 titles

  • Family Affairs

  • A Woman Run Mad

    “Passions, the edge of madness, forbidden obsessions, runaway libidos and dangerous desires . . . a thinking man’s Fatal Attraction” (Chicago Sun-Times).   In A Woman Run Mad, John L’Heureux delivers a novel that is part c...

  • The Comedians

  • Honorable Profession

    A New York Times Notable Book of a young teacher and the scandal that could destroy him. “A combination interior odyssey and intense thriller” (Publishers Weekly).   John L’Heureux is one of our most authoritative and compelling novelists,...

  • Desires

  • The Shrine at Altamira

    A novel of cultural and emotional divides -- and the consequences of obsessive love -- from the author of An Honorable Profession, a New York Times Notable Book.  The Shrine at Altamira by John L’Heureux has the simple shape and powerful impac...

  • Jessica Fayer

    In novels such as The Handmaid of Desire and A Woman Run Mad, John L'Heureux brings us the vagaries of middle age, marriage, academia, and religion with a blend of memorable characterizations and twisting plots....

  • The Clang Birds

  • Tight White Collar



  • Having Everything

    A Harvard Dean with a perfect life discovers a dark side he never knew he had -- or wanted -- in this “sharp, moving, poignant” novel (The Washington Post Book World).   Philip Tate is a man who has everything -- youthful looks, a beautiful ...

  • The Handmaid of Desire

    While Zachary Kurtz is devising a plan to deconstruct the English Department at the university, a vain feminist theorist, Olga Kominska, arrives to register, only to find herself in contact with Zachary and deeply involved with him and his schemes. R...

  • The Miracle

    “The author seems to be standing on the shoulders of giants . . . gives a rare human depth to a young priest who wants to become a saint” (San Francisco Chronicle).   In a pitch-perfect, deeply satisfying work of fiction ...

  • The Medici Boy

    The worlds of art, politics and passion collide in John L'Heureux'smasterful new novel, The Medici Boy. With rich composition,L'Heureux ingenious...

  • The Heart Is a Full-Wild Beast

    A sweeping posthumous collection wrestles with faith, irony, and the redemptive nature of love. -- KirkusA nun crashes her car; an unborn child sings to its mother; a troubled priest is in the market for a London apartment. In The Heart Is a Full-Wi...

  • The Beggar's Pawn

    The final book by the noted novelist, short story writer, and teacher John L'Heureux: the story of an affable stranger whose appeals for money gradually upend the lives of an academic's familyAfter a decades-long career as a critically acclaimed writ...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

John L'Heureux has published 15 books.

John L'Heureux does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Beggar's Pawn, was published in August 2020.

The first book by John L'Heureux, Family Affairs, was published in August 1974.

No. John L'Heureux does not write books in series.
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